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Meanings of handmaid (handmaids) in English

Portuguese
empregada
Spanish
criada

In a subordinate position.

empregada
Synonyms
Examples for "servant"
Examples for "servant"
1
He hath holpen His servant Israel, in remembrance of His mercy; 55.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Luke
2
Nigel, the young civil servant, was one of their new best friends.
East of the sun
3
Remarkable days indeed.' He gave the snide servant a look of exasperation.
Empire in black and gold
4
Yes, how wonderful it must be to be a common house servant.
A Day Dark as Night
5
We don't know what the servant situation is or their daily routine.
Casket of Souls
1
How-questions began to stream through my mind; silenced by the handmaiden's voice.
The Moon Pool
2
Zuzana was honored to be chosen as handmaiden to Ferenc Nadasdy's wife.
House of Bathory
3
The handmaiden who'd looked up before glanced over her shoulder at Sinon.
Discord's apple
4
The warm-hearted little handmaiden was honestly worried over her adored mistress' condition.
Anne of Avonlea
5
They were absolute whiteness and absolute blackness, gratification and gratification's handmaiden, revenge.
Magic terror: seven tales
Usage of handmaids in English
1
The beloved of God and the handmaids of the Merciful in Dresden.
The Light of Divine Guidance (Volume 1)
2
Several handmaids sat beside her, sad of face and tattered of dress.
King Arthur's Knights / The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls
3
She clad her and her handmaids with care, as did beseem them.
The Nibelungenlied
4
There was comfort, and there were peace and contentment, her smiling handmaids.
Home Scenes and Home Influence; a series of tales and sketches
5
One of her handmaids shows her a piece of embroidery she's made.
News.com.au
6
To the beloved of the Lord and the handmaids of the
The Light of Divine Guidance (Volume 1)
7
We used to have servants, handmaids, nannies, chauffeurs, private teachers in our house.
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
8
He was Pendennis; and all round about him were his servants and handmaids.
Boys and Girls from Thackeray
9
When she was clean, her handmaids helped her from the water.
A Game of Thrones
10
The female help weeps after the noisy fashion of untutored handmaids.
The Professor at the Breakfast-Table
11
Then the handmaids and their children came near and bowed themselves.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 1
12
When that was done she sent her handmaids off as well.
A Dance with Dragons
13
You were told that you are the handmaids of your husbands.
Saint Augustin
14
Then Arete bade her handmaids prepare a bed for the stranger.
The Story of the Odyssey
15
It essays to bar all progress; Ignorance and Superstition are its blinded handmaids.
Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul
16
He towered over Aggo and Jhogo now, as her handmaids had both noticed.
A Dance with Dragons
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Translations for handmaids
Spanish
criada
Handmaids through the time
Handmaids across language varieties
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